The Railways has decided to run four pairs of long-distance trains, which are now running via Naraj, through the Cuttack railway station.
With this, people’s longstanding demand to run long-distance trains via Cuttack instead of Naraj Marthapur has been fulfilled. The train will run as doubling work between Cuttack and Baranga has been completed.
The trains which will run via Cuttack are the Guwahati-Chennai-Guwahati weekly express, Dibrugarh-Chennai-Dibrugarh weekly express, Howrah-Kanyakumari-Howrah weekly express and Howrah-Tiruchirapalli-Howrah bi-weekly express.
All these trains would arrive at Cuttack at 09.55 pm and leave at 10 pm towards southern part of India. In the return direction, these trains would arrive at Cuttack at 7.30 pm and leave at 7.35 pm towards Howrah and North-East part of the country.
The Guwahati-Chennai Express will provide stoppage at Cuttack from November 18 and in the return direction, it would provide stoppage from November 21.
The Dibrugarh-Chennai Express will provide stoppage at Cuttack from November 20 and in the return direction, the train will provide stoppage from November 17.
The Howrah-Kanyakumari Express will provide stoppage at Cuttack with effect from November 21 and in the return direction, it would provide stoppage from November 19.
Similarly, the Howrah-Ernakulam Express would provide stoppage at Cuttack from November 17 and in the return direction, it would provide stoppage with effect crom November 15.